hing

hing

1. Dialect or poetic for hang

   "Some gnaw the snakes that on their shoulders hing." in Fairfax's Tasso

hing (uncountable)

1. (India) Asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning.

• Nigh, nigh

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

hing

1. singular past indicative of hangen

From Proto-Finnic *henki. Cognate with Finnish henki.

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

1. soul
2. life-force
3. a living being, usually a human
4. breath, breathing

   Suits tõmbas hinge kinni.

   The smoke suffocated me. (lit. "The smoke pulled (my) breathing to a close")

From Middle Low German henge.

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

1. hinge

hing

1. first-person singular indicative past form of hangen
2. third-person singular indicative past form of hangen

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/

hing (plural hings)

1. thing
   • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink 2018, p. 4:

     ‘Aye, but that's the hing, Dolly. He's…he's different fae other guys.’

• anyhing
• everyhing
• nuhing
• sumhing

hing (third-person singular present hings, present participle hingin, past hung, past participle hung)

1. to hang